Car-fender.



No. 777,152. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. B. SHERWOOD.

GAB. FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

[ Av va 701g 1 UNITED STATES Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

EARL SHERWOOD, OF HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

Application filed April 1, 1904. $e1'ial No. 201,098. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL SHERWOOD, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at I-I'onesdale, in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Oar-Fender, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to car-fenders, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, reliable, and durable fender applicable to any street-railway carand embodying a resilient wirescoop-frame which is so constructed and arranged that it may yield in various directions for the purpose of effectively picking up persons and objects without danger of injury. The particular construction of the scoop and the manner of hanging the same on the car adapt the scoop frame to yield laterally when struck by a wagon, car, or another fender, thus reducing the liability of injury to the fender to a minimum, the fender being also adapted to be folded and held either in an operative or folded position.

One of the principal advantages of the pres ent invention resides in the means whereby the scoop-frame is hung or supported on the car, the frame being for that purpose provided with terminal hooks which engage hangers on the car, the hooks being so constructed and related to the hangers that they permit the folding of the scoop-fran1e and also act to hold the scoop-frame either in its operative or folded position.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, theinventionconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herein fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car-fender embodying the present invention and shown applied to a car in operative position. Fig. Qis a side elevation of the same, showing the scoop-frame folded. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of one side of thescoop-frame, illustrating the use of multiple strands. 'Fig. 4; is a detail perspective view of one of the hangers.

Like referen'ce-mimerals designate correspending each other,

parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The scoop-frame contemplated in this in vention is substantially continuous from end to end and composed of resilient wire or red. The ends of the wire which form the scoopframe are bent to form terminal hooks 1, each hook comprising an end or front portion 2 and a body portion or back 3, the front and back of the hook being arranged at an angle, and preferably at an acute angle, to as shown. The wire is extended from the terminal hooks at each side of the fender to form side bars a, and in forming said side bars the wire is bent to form upper verticallydisposed coils 5 and lower vertically-disposed coils 6. the coils 5 and 6 being preferably large, so as to form side guards for the scoop-frame and prev-mt a person caught by the fender from slipping off the side thereof, so as to be struck and injured by projections on the side of the car. The lower side coils Gare also of such size and disposition as to adapt them to come in contact with the ground and form auxiliary shoes, which lie in rear of the forward or main shoe hereinafter referred to. The wire is bent .to form the forward rounded corners 7 of the scoop-frame and then extended across the advance end of the scoop-frame to form the front cross-bar 8 thereof, around which a coiled spring-shoe 9 is placed, said shoe being adapted when depressed to ride in contact with the road-bed. At the forward corners of the scoop-frame the wire is bent to form horizontally-disposed coils 10, while at the center of the front cross-barf; the wire is again bent to form an intermediate horizontal coil 11. While the scoop-frame thus far described may be made in one piece, it may be found expedient in practice to manufacture said frame in several pieces, which are afterward connected by means of unions, as shown at 12. In either case, however, the scoopframe is composed of resilient wire practically continuous from end to end, the unions forming merely rigid joints between the several parts.

A rear cross-bar 13 extends across the upper or inner portlon the scoop-frame and has its ends connected by preference to the l ing the terminal hook of upper side coils 5, as shown, the usual net 1 1 1 being adapted to fit into being strung at its upper and lower edges on the cross-bars 13 and 8, respectively, and lying between the side bars 4 and the side coils or guards 5 and 6.

In order to strengthen and brace the scoopframe, stays 15 connect the sides and front bar of the frame, and under the preferred arrangement said stays are connected at their inner ends to the central horizontal coil 11 and at their outer ends to the lower side coils or auxiliary shoes 6. Said stays may further be connected with the corner horizontal coils 10 by means of suitable ties, unions, or clamps 16. The side coils 5 and 6 may also be connected by clamps 17, consisting of oppositelyarranged plates fastened together, as shown at 18, and preferably grooved, as shown at 19, to receive the adjacent portions of the coils 5 and 6. The coils and other portions of the resilient wire frame may be connected at other points where it is desired to further strengthen and brace the scoop-frame as a whole. designates a chain or flexible connection attached at one end to the forward portion of the scoop and adapted to be connected by any one of its links to a hook 21, located on the dash, thus enabling the motorman to raise and lower the fender without getting off the car.

The fender is connected with the car-frame by means of hangers 22, each of which is provided with an inclined forward face 23, a perforated lug 2 1 at the upper end of the inclined face, and a slotted jaw or fork 25, projecting forward from the lower end of the inclined face 23. W'hen the scoop is in its operative position, the end portion 2 of each hook 1 passes through the opening 26 in the perfo-v rated lug 2a and lies in the slotted jaw or fork 25, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the end portion 2 of the hook resting against the inclined face 23 of the hanger. hen the scoop is raised and folded, the hook slides downward through the perforated lug 24 and engages the slotted jaw or fork 25 and bears against the inclined face 23, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, thus supporting the scoop in its folded or inoperative position, where it may be securely fastened by means of the chain or connection 20.

In some cases the resilient wire frame may consist of one or more strands, as shown in Fig. 3, instead of a single strand, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which case all of the strands will be correspondingly bent and coiled, the said strands being suitably connected at intervals by wrapping the same, as shown at 27, although any other desired means may be employed 'for holding the several strands together. Where a multiple-strand frame is used, the hooked terminal portions thereof will be gathered together and confined within a bent tube 28, which will prevent the spreading of the ends of the strands, the tube 28 formbody or back 3 of the the scoop-frame and and cooperate with one of the hangers on the car-body.

The fender hereinabove described is extremely simple in construction, cheap in manufacture, and admirably adapted for the purpose for which it is designed, the scoopframe as a whole being adapted to yield upon coming in contact with an object, so as to pick up the object without injury. The frame is also adapted to yield laterally, so as to prevent injury thereto when it is struck by a vehicle or the fender of another car, for example. The scoop may be entirely detached from the car by simply lifting the terminal hooks thereof out of engagement with the hangers, the fender being particularly advantageous in this respect by reason of its light construction. The extremities of the hooks 1 are preferably bent or slightly ofiiset, as shown at 29, to form catches, which frictionally engage beneath the hangers fender is in its operative position, as shown in Fig. 1, in order to prevent the fender from jumping out of the hangers or being pushed upward, so as to disengage the hooks from the hangers.

By providing the resilient wire scoop-frame with coils at various points the strain and shock are distributed on the several coils, thus reducing to a minimum the liability of breakage upon meeting an obstruction.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a car-fender, a scoop-frame having terminal hooks which connect with hangers on the car in such manner as to allow the scoop to fold and also to sustain the scoop in either an operative or folded position.

2. In a car-fender, the combination with hangers provided with slotted jaws, of a scoop having terminal hooks different portions of which are movable into and out of engagement with the jaws, for holding the scoop either in an operative or folded position.

3. In a car-fender, hangers each provided with a perforated lug and a slotted jaw, in combination with a scoop-frame having terminal hooks which are inserted through the lugs and adapted to engage the slotted jaws. 4:. In a car-fender, hangers each provided with a perforated lug and a slotted jaw, in combination with a scoop-frame having terminal hooks with substantially straight end portions which are insertible through the lugs and adapted to engage the jaws.

5. In a car-fender, hangers each provided with a perforated lug and a slotted jaw, in combination with a scoop-frame having terminal hooks insertible through the lugs and adapted to have different portions thereof brought into engagement with the jaws for holding the scoop either in operative or folded position.

6. In a car-fender,

hangers each provided when the with a perforated lug and a slotted jaw and also having an inclined face, in combination with a scoop-frame having terminal hooks, insertible through the lugs and adapted to have different portions thereof brought into engagement with the slotted jaws and inclined faces for holding the scoop either in an operative or folded position.

7. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a resilient wire frame substantially continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, the sides being coiled to form shoes in rear of the front bar.

8. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a re silient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, a shoe connected with the front bar, and auxiliary shoes in rear of the front bar formed by bending the sides of the frame.

9. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a resilient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, both the sides and front bar being coiled to provide increased resiliency.

10. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a resilient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, both the sides and front bar being coiled to provide increased resiliency, and stays connecting the i front bar with the sides.

11. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a re- 1 silient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, both the sides and front bar being coiled to provide increased resiliency, and clamps or ties connecting the adjacent portions of the resilient wire frame for the purpose of bracing the same. i

12. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a resilient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, vertically-disposed coils formed integrally with the sides and horizontally disposed coils formed integrally with the front bar.

13. In a car-fender, a scoop embodying a resilient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, both the sides and front bar being coiled, and stays connecting the front and side coils.

14:. Ina car-fender, a scoop embodying a resilient wire frame continuous from end to end and bent to form the sides and front bar, both the sides and front bar being coiled, and a rear cross-bar terminally connected to the upper side coils.

In testimony whereof I ailix inysiguaturein presence of two witnesses.

EARL SHERWOOD. Witnesses:

JOHN L. FLETCHER, BERNARD P. VASHON. 

